This is the third instalment of my series of videos about building a “home mastering studio” in my garage. Part One is here and Part Two is here.

This episode is all about acoustics – or more specifically, acoustic treatment.

(But I’m not using acoustic “foam” – there are better-performing, more cost-effective and better-looking alternatives.)

As I said in the first video, I’ve known all along that the room isn’t an ideal shape, and so treatment would be vital to reduce the impact of resonances and reflections on the sound of the monitoring.

This has proven to be even more true than I expected – but the final results have also turned out even better than I’d hoped for, so I’m delighted with the results.

This is the first in a series of videos where I demonstrate and investigate some popular loudness war myths, so you can decide for yourself whether they stand up or not.

In this video I make one of the biggest hits of last year, “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk, “Loudness War loud”, which should make it sound better and sell more records, according to the myth – then I test the real-world effect using my new Perception Plugin.

Watch the video to hear it for yourself and make up your own mind!

In the next video, I’ll be testing the idea that “loud” sound makes music sound better in our increasingly noisy modern environment. Check back for updates soon.

(To find out more about the loudness-versus-sales research, click here.)